dab - Man Page

dab is a game where each player tries to complete the most boxes. A turn consists of putting one border of a box; the player setting the fourth and final border of a box gets the point for the box and has another turn.

The keys used are the vi keys: k for up, j for down, h for left, and l for right. To switch between even and odd rows, use one of the following keys: u (diagonal right up), y (diagonal left up), b (diagonal left down), n (diagonal right down); ⟨space⟩ sets a new border, CTRL-L and CTRL-R redraw the screen, and q quits the game.

Support options are:

-a

Don't use the alternate character set.

-n ngames

ngames games will be played. (Especially useful in -p cc mode.)

-p ⟨c|h⟩⟨c|h⟩

Select which of the two players is a human or a computer. The first argument is the first player; c stands for computer and h for human.

-w

Wait for a character press between games.

xdim and ydim define the size of the board in the x and y dimensions.

Christos Zoulas ⟨christos@NetBSD.org⟩

Elwyn R. Berlekamp, The Dots and Boxes Game: Sophisticated Child's Play, A K Peters, 2000, http://www.akpeters.com/book.asp?bID=111.